Horse-collar



(No Model.)

B. K. GOOVER.

HORSE COLLAR.

No. 520,413. Patented May 29, 1894.

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" rrrcnt PERCY K. COOVER, OF MEOHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

HORSE-COLLAR.

$3ECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 520,413, dated May 29,1894. Application filed November 2,1893- Serial No. 489,870- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PERCY K. OoovER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mechanicsburg, in the county of Cumberland newed when WOIIlwithout injury to the collar itself.

The objects of my invention are to provide a supplemental pad of thiskind and to so arrange the same as while performing its usual functionsas a pad yet will not tend to decrease the actual size of the collar;which is so disposed, furthermore, as to take the place of the usualcollar-pad on the neck of the animal and obviate its necessity; toobviate wearing of the collar by the choke-strap; to so shape the collarat the rear side as to relieve the windpipe of the horse from pressure;and finally to obviate the wear on the large roll of the collar anddestruction of the stitches thereof by the hames.

With these general objects in view the invention consists in certainfeatures of construction hereinafter specified and particularly pointedout in the claim.

Referring to the drawingsz-Figure 1 is a perspective view of ahorse-collar embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of thesame. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view. Fig. 4 is ahorizontal sectional View.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

In the practice of my invention I employ the usual front roll 1 andlarge roll 2, between which occurs the intermediate crease 3 thatreceives the harnes, and so far the collar is of the ordinaryconstruction.

I stitch between the meeting edges of the large and small rolls and bythe same line of stitches as connect the same at opposite sides of thecollar wear-flaps 4 of leather, and after the outer edges of thecollarhave been stitched together by the line of stitching 5 which isusual, I fold the said flaps at outward over the exterior of the largeroll and stitch the outer edges of the flaps to the projecting edge ofthe large roll by a line of stitching 6, which as shown, is beyond thestitches 5. It will be observed that the stitches 5 are hereby preservedagainst wear or chafing by the tugs and hames and hence the collarcannot become'ripped by reason of the stitches 5 becoming worn andbroken. Furthermore, the stock of the collar is preserved, and when thewear-flaps 4 are worn through they may be readily renewed by others.

Through the medium of the stitches 5 I at tach at the opposite sides ofthe collar the coverings 7 of the supplemental pads 8, and the inneredges of said coverings terminate in rear of the line of stitches 9between the meeting edges of the small and large rolls and are stitchedat 10 to the stock composing the rear large roll of the collar. It willbe seen that in this manner the pads do not extend to the interior ofthe collar, but are only located upon the rear side, so that while theyserve the purpose of a pad by hearing against the shoulders of thehorse, yet they do not extend at the inner side of the collar, and hencetend to decrease the size thereof, as has heretofore been the case. Thepads at their inner edges and toward their upper ends extend forward sothat they cross the seam 9 of the collar, pass beyond the same, and aresecured to the inner surface of the small roll, terminating at the upperend of the collar, whereby they form transverse pads 11 across theentire surface of the upper end of the collar or that portion whichrests upon the neck, and thus obviate the necessity of employing otherpads for this purpose, and the collar may rest directly upon the horsesneck and yet give comfort to him. The lower ends of the supplementalpads terminate at each side of the center of the collar, and I secure bythe lines of stitches 9 and 5 the guard-leather 12, which it will beseen not only covers the ends of the supplemental pad coverings 7 andpreserves them against ripping, but is depressed below the pads 8 andhence form a curved or depressed portion which fits about and does notbear upon the windpipe of the horse.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a collar wherein thesupplemental pads are used; that I have so located said pads that theydo not decrease the size of the collar and render the sameuncomfortable, that they act or bear only upon the shoulders of thehorse, do not compress his windpipe, and are so disposed at their upperends as to obviate the I necessity of employing a supplementalpad inHaving described my invention, what I claim isv The herein describedimproved collar having supplemental pads on its opposite sides, saidpads at their lower portions terminating in rear of the intermediateseam 9 of the collar and being secured or stitched to the rear roll, andat their upper portions extending inwardly and crossing said seam andsecured to the under side of the front or small roll and terminating atthe upper end of the collar to form pads 11, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PERCY K. OOOVER.

Witnesses:

W. S. DUVALL, AUGUSTUS P. 801mm,.

